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al-Mansur (712–775)

Ottoman ruler. He was the second caliph of the Abbasside Dynasty, from 754, succeeding his brother al-Saffah. Al-Mansur founded the city of Baghdad (763) and made it his capital. He stabilized the dynasty and resumed the war with Byzantium.

He seems to have been influenced by Persia, and introduced the old Sassanian office of wazir (vizier) into Islamic government. He is considered one of the greatest of the Abbasside caliphs.



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